ROLLINSFORD — Relatives of the woman killed in a car wreck by an alleged drunken driver on Route 4 while on their honeymoon say they are “devastated” and that it is “unfathomable” that within a week's time, the newlyweds had both the best and worst days of their lives.

According to WMUR, the family of Leah Fonda Preiss, 30, of St. Paul, Minn., released a public statement about the incident.

“We all are left with a gaping hole in our lives, and there are no words to describe our sudden loss of an amazing woman,” the statement reads.

Her family said she was a woman who fell in love with a man she had known for many years as a friend and was a kind, loving person with a “quiet strength.”

She was killed just one week after her wedding and a little more than a week before her 31st birthday “at the hands of someone who acted carelessly and irresponsibly by drinking and driving,” the statement reads.

Matthew Tsopas, 43, of Somersworth was arraigned Monday on felony charges of negligent homicide and driving while intoxicated after allegedly causing the crash that killed the new bride on her honeymoon and injured her husband, Brian Preiss, also of St. Paul.

Preiss, 30, was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital, where he is recovering from internal injuries and facial cuts. He was in surgery Wednesday and his condition has been upgraded to good, according to WMUR.

Tsopas is being held on $250,000 cash bail at the Strafford County Department of Corrections, according to Strafford County Administrator Raymond Bower.

Tsopas has been an inmate since Tuesday after being released from Wentworth-Douglass Hospital, where he was arraigned bedside while recovering from crash-related injuries.

Strafford County Attorney Tom Velardi said Tsopas was alert and able to answer questions from Judge Stephen Morrison, who traveled to the hospital to preside over Monday's arraignment.

Police say Tsopas was drinking at the Martel Roberge American Legion Post No. 47 in Rollinsford on Saturday afternoon before he got behind the wheel of an Infiniti G35 and departed.

Police say Tsopas was driving west on Route 4 when he crossed the centerline and slammed into an oncoming Kia Spectra. A witness reported the Infiniti was attempting to pass another car at the time.

Inside the Kia were Preiss and Fonda, Minnesota natives who were traveling through New England on their honeymoon. Fonda, who was in the passenger seat, was gravely injured in the crash. She succumbed to her injuries after being transported to Wentworth-Douglass Hospital.

Tsopas faces two counts of negligent homicide. One alleges he is responsible for the death because he drank alcohol or took drugs before driving on Saturday. A second charge alleges he failed to maintain control of the car.

He is also charged with felony aggravated driving under the influence and two complaints regarding conduct after an accident, Velardi said.

Speaking outside the hospital Monday, Velardi said it is likely that Tsopas will face additional charges in connection with conduct at the American Legion building before the crash.

According to a state police affidavit, Tsopas assaulted an employee and another individual at the Legion building, located at 319 Foundry St., and struck four cars in the parking lot with his Infiniti before leaving Saturday.

Police say he crashed his Infiniti on Route 4 a short time later, near the intersection of Old Mill Lane. Tsopas attempted to flee the crash scene but was confronted by a man who lives in the neighborhood, according to court documents. Police allege Tsopas struck the man in the face and attempted to hit him with a stick, then fled into a gully, where he was eventually detained by a Dover police officer.

“Officer Sean Kennedy could smell the odor of an alcoholic beverage coming from his person,” the police affidavit states.

Tsopas was then taken to the hospital and later arrested. Velardi said police administered a blood-alcohol test, but he declined to comment on the results.

Tsopas was an employee of Executive Furnishings in Stratham, according to Velardi, who quoted from a brief biography contained on the company's website while speaking with media outside the hospital.

Information regarding Tsopas was gone from the website by Monday afternoon. A cached version available on Google indicates Tsopas was an operations manager overseeing interior design at the company, which he joined in 2003. He grew up in the Seacoast area, according to the website.

A portion of Route 4 in Rollinsford was blocked off for several hours on Saturday as emergency first responders worked at the scene.